hyperadrenalism

1. 1.

   a glandular disorder caused by excessive ACTH resulting in greater than normal functioning of the adrenal gland; characterized by obesity

   SynonymsCushing's disease

   Broaderglandular disease

Other forms of hyperadrenalism

plural

hyperadrenalisms·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about hyperadrenalism

What does hyperadrenalism mean?

hyperadrenalism means "a glandular disorder caused by excessive ACTH resulting in greater than normal functioning of the adrenal gland; characterized by obesity".

How many syllables are in hyperadrenalism?

hyperadrenalism has 6 syllables: hy-pe-ra-dre-na-lism. The stress falls on "dre".

What is another word for hyperadrenalism?

Close synonyms include Cushing's disease. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is hyperadrenalism a common word?

hyperadrenalism is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.